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OLITORY
Definition of OLITORY
adjective
Of or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin olitōrius (“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”), from olitor (“gardener, seller of vegetables or herbs”), from olus + -itō (“forming frequentative verbs”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), variant of holus (“vegetable”), from Old Latin helus, believed to come from unattested Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) + *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (“yellow”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OLITORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OLITORY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OLITORY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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